Rostanga setidens
Rostanga setidens is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
| Rostanga setidens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Rostanga |
| Species: | R. setidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Rostanga setidens (Odhner, 1939)[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Norway.
Description
Rostanga setidens is white in colour, a character shared only with Rostanga phepha and Rostanga ankyra.[2]
References
- Odhner N. (1939). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from the western and northern coast of Norway. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers-Selskabs Skrifter 1: p. 31-33, figs 15-17
- Valdés Á. 2001. Deep-sea cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the tropical West Pacific, with descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Malacologia 43 (1-2) : 237-311
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